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Will Smith, Hitler, and the perils of benevolence

December 25, 2007 - 7:28 am - by Roger Kimball
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2007-12-26 10:42:17

The danger of benevolence combined with moralism

From a heavy-duty essay, by Rober Kimaball, a quote:Political correctness tends to breed the sort of unaccountability that Stephen warns against. At its center is a union of abstract benevolence, which takes mankind as a whole for its object, with rig…